"The first thing is related to the cabinet.
In the past, the cabinet was divided into chief ministers and assistant ministers. Ministers all wanted to be in the cabinet. Those who entered the cabinet also wanted to be chief ministers. This was not good.
I have decided that from now on, there will no longer be a chief minister. Each of the five ministers among you will concurrently serve in five of the six ministries.
From now on, all work related to various ministries will be mainly done by bachelors who hold concurrent official positions, and will be assisted by other cabinet officials.
For example, Yuan Aiqing concurrently serves as the Minister of the Ministry of War. From now on, Yuan Aiqing will take charge of the military system, training, recruitment, garrison, ordnance, equipment survey, military registration, martial arts, etc. related to the Ministry of War.
Sun Aiqing takes the lead in matters such as appointment and removal of officials, assessment, promotion, transfer, etc., with others assisting.
But in normal times, Sun Chengzong and Yuan Keli take turns presiding over the operation of Wenyuan Pavilion on a quarterly basis. I say this, dear ladies, do you understand? "
"I understand!"
Chongzhen admired Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di for some of their decisions, abolished the prime minister, and established a dual operating mechanism of the cabinet and the ceremonial supervisor.
The emperor controlled the decision-making power, the cabinet controlled the deliberation power, the six ministries controlled the administrative power, and the central authority separated the three powers.
There is also a separation of powers among the three departments at the local level. The Chief Secretary is in charge of administration, the General Inspectorate is in charge of justice, and the Metropolitan Division is in charge of military affairs. The three departments are directly responsible to the six ministries.
No matter what the ministries below did, they could not get around the emperor in the end, so the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty reached the pinnacle of previous emperors.
It is a pity that the emperors after Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were too weak in their methods. They either gave decision-making power to the cabinet or to the ceremonial supervisor, which caused the internal and external operating agencies to compete with each other.
When the situation becomes more stable, the central military and political affairs will be separated again, and a military aircraft department corresponding to the cabinet will be established.
The cabinet is responsible for administration and people's livelihood, that is, it controls the financial, economic and personnel power of the Ming Dynasty.
The Military Aircraft Division is responsible for all military training and mobilization, war, tactics, strategy, etc. formulation.
The Military Aircraft Department needs the supply and security of money, food, etc. from the Cabinet, and the Cabinet needs the Military Aircraft Department for military deterrence. The two restrain and cooperate with each other.
Of course, the final decision-making power rests with the emperor as the mediator.
Otherwise, the two can only restrain each other and cannot urinate together, which will cause big trouble.
"The second thing is about Datong Town!"
When Chongzhen said this, he looked at Yuan Keli and said, "Yuan Aiqing, please tell all your loved ones the situation!"
Yuan Keli stepped forward and then looked at everyone: "Everyone, your Majesty killed the Tumo Special Envoy in Xuanfu more than two months ago... The current situation is that we are worried that Jiannu or Lin Danhan will invade Datong to plunder and replenish supplies after they finish fighting. supplies,
The situation in Datong Town is not optimistic, so His Majesty is considering deploying 30,000 troops from other places to station in Datong Town to assist Datong in its defense! "
Yuan Keli spent half an hour telling the story of Tumut, Chahar Lindan Khan, and Jiannu.
However, the specific situation in the Datong Army and the subsequent specific plans of Datong Town were concealed.
"Tell me, everyone, where is the best place to mobilize the troops?"
Everyone fell into deep thought.
After a while, Liu Zongzhou, the Minister of Rites, said softly: "Your Majesty, at present, we can only transfer some sergeants from the capitals of Shanxi and Beizhili."
"Master Liu, the idea is good, but it is not feasible!"
As soon as Liu Zongzhou finished speaking, Hou Yu, Minister of the Ministry of War, said: "What is the situation in the guard station now? I will only fully understand it after I go down this time.
Of course, it is possible to transfer people, but this group of people is basically abandoned. It is okay to let them do chores and transport supplies.
Forget about supporting Datong. Don’t let the enemy break in and run away as soon as the war begins.
Secondly, one guard station has 500 to 1,000 people. Calculated at 30,000, there will be 30 to 50 guard stations. It is difficult to coordinate them together in Datong. If the cooperation is not good, problems are more likely to occur! "
Everyone was silent when they heard this. They were also very aware of the corruption in the guard station. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Liaodong to implement a recruitment system.
"Transferred from Taiyuan Town?"
"No, they have to defend the foreign enemies in the Hetao Plain!"
"Yansui Town?"
"Yansui has just changed the commander-in-chief and is still in the process of rectification. He can't even take care of it. How can he spare his troops?"
Six ministries of the cabinet are discussing whether the local health center can do it, nor can the border towns.
The closest ones to Datong are Xuanfu and Taiyuan Town (Pianguan), both of which are about four to five hundred miles apart.
But Taiyuan now only has more than 30,000 people. It has to defend a defense line of more than 1,600 miles. The defense is okay, but it is simply impossible to extract 10,000 people.
Xuan Mansion is currently undergoing rectification. Although it has a permanent staff of more than 80,000 people, they are severely underpaid and there are many old, weak, sick and disabled people.
Although Mangui has been rectifying the situation for more than two months and has recruited new people, the combat strength may not be that high.
Moreover, the northern barrier of Beijing City cannot be mobilized at all.
Except for these two towns, there are some soldiers in the other six towns.
Guyuan's soldiers were to monitor the other five general armies of Ningxia, Gansu and Shaanxi.
There are some soldiers in the towns of Ningxia and Gansu, but they are four to five thousand miles away. When they come, the day lilies will be cold.
Looking at the arguing ministers, Chongzhen said calmly: "I do have a place to mobilize my troops!"
"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions!"
The ministers were stunned for a moment, and then they all saluted Chongzhen.
He walked to the map again and pointed at two places on the map: "How about these two places?"
"Changping Town?"
"Zhenbaozhen?"
Looking at the two places where the emperor stretched out his fingers, everyone exclaimed,
Yuan Keli and Sun Chengzong looked solemn.
There should be nine towns on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, but the threat from the north is becoming increasingly serious.
During the Jiajing period, the Tatars continued to harass, Anda invaded, plundered the capital and left the capital, so the imperial court added two towns, Zhenbao and Changping, to the northwest of Beijing on the Tatar invasion route.
Zhenbao is a strategy to strengthen the defense of Datong in the west, and Changping is a strategy to strengthen the defense of Xuanfu in the north.
"Your Majesty, would you like to reconsider the deployment of troops from Zhenbao and Changping?"
After Liu Zongzhou, the Minister of Rites, said, his expression became more solemn: "Your Majesty, the main purpose of establishing Changping Town is to protect the Ming Dynasty Emperor's Mausoleum.
The great affairs of the country lie in the sacrifice and the Rong, but the sacrifice should not be more important than the mausoleum, and the Rong should not be more important than Jifu. "
"I agree with Mr. Liu that the imperial mausoleum is the lifeblood, destiny and kingly spirit of a country. Protecting the imperial mausoleum is a major event for the country.
The existence of Changping Town can be used to lay the tomb in the nearby area, while it can control Jifu if it is further away. "
"Yes, although there are Xuan Town and Ji Town as barriers outside Chang Town, and there is Zijin Pass for physical support,
We can control the key points externally, but we can support Jingling and protect the capital internally. The relationship is of great importance. Please think twice, Your Majesty. "
The ministers basically opposed the emperor's intention to transfer the garrison in Changping.
If the Northern Nine Guards are guarding border security, Nachang Guards are guarding the survival of the dynasty and cannot be easily moved.
"Then where do you think we'll get it from?"
"this……"
Facing Chongzhen's rhetorical question, everyone was speechless and fell silent with ugly expressions on their faces, with some sadness in their eyes.
There are eleven towns on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, more than 500 guard posts, and the military yellow roll has a capacity of 2.8 million, but now there is no adjustment.
"Sun Aiqing, Yuan Aiqing, you two didn't express your position just now. Do you have any ideas?"
Listening to Chongzhen's inquiry, everyone looked at the two people.
Among all the people, when it comes to their familiarity with the Ming Dynasty and leading troops, these two people are the best.
"I have some different opinions!"
"I also have different opinions!"
